[Code of Federal Regulations]
[Title 33, Volume 3]
[Revised as of July 1, 2001]
From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access
[CITE: 33CFR207.476]

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                TITLE 33--NAVIGATION AND NAVIGABLE WATERS
 
         CHAPTER II--CORPS OF ENGINEERS, DEPARTMENT OF THE ARMY
 
PART 207--NAVIGATION REGULATIONS--Table of Contents
 
Sec. 207.476  The Inland Route--lock in Crooked River, Alanson, Mich.; use, administration, and navigation.

    (a) General. The use, administration, and navigation of the lock 
shall be under the direction and supervision of the District Engineer, 
U.S. Army Engineer District, Detroit, Mich., and his authorized agents.
    (b) Authority of lockmaster. The lockmaster shall be charged with 
the immediate control and management of the lock, and of the area set 
aside as the lock area, including the lock approach channels. He shall 
see that all laws, rules, and regulations for the use of the lock and 
lock area are duly complied with, to which end he is authorized to give 
all necessary orders and directions in accordance therewith, both to the 
employees of the Government and to any and every person within the 
limits of the lock area, whether navigating the lock or not. No one 
shall cause any movement of any boat, craft or other floating object in 
the lock or approaches except by or under the direction of the 
lockmaster or his assistants.
    (c) Operation. The lock operating season will commence and close as 
determined by the district engineers, Corps of Engineers in charge of 
the locality, depending on conditions and the need for lockage services. 
Public notices will be issued announcing the opening and closing dates 
at least 15 days in advance of such dates.
    (d) Maximum allowable dimensions of craft. (1) Overall length--60 
feet.
    (2) Overall width--16 feet.
    (3) Height above water--15 feet when upper pool is at low water 
datum.
    (4) Draft--6 feet when lower pool is at low water datum.
    (e) Signals. (1) Craft desiring lockage in either direction shall 
give notice to the lock tenders, when not farther than 200 yards from 
the lock, by one long blast (of 10 seconds duration) followed by one 
short blast (of 3 seconds duration) of whistle, horn, or siren.
    (2) Craft not equipped with whistle, horn, or siren may signal for 
lockage by use of the signal provided for this purpose located near the 
extreme end of the guide wall to the starboard side of the craft, both 
upbound and downbound.
    (f) The procedures for transit of lock. (1) Stand clear of the lock 
while the red signal light shows.
    (2) When the green signal light shows and the lock horn sounds three 
blasts, approach and enter the lock.
    (3) Full control of the craft must be maintained while entering the 
lock.
    (4) After entrance to the lock is complete, the craft shall be 
securely moored to the cleats and bitts situated on the lock wall.
    (5) While moored in the lock, the operator of the craft shall 
maintain constant attention to the mooring lines, to provide slack or 
retain tautness as needed.
    (6) The craft shall remain securely moored until the exit lock gate 
is fully open and the lock horn sounds one blast.
    (7) When the exit lock gate is fully open and the lock horn has 
sounded one blast, the craft shall immediately leave the lock under full 
control of its operator.
    (g) Precedence at lock. The craft arriving first at the lock shall 
be first to lock through; but precedence will be given to craft 
belonging to the United States or other local government entities, such 
as state, county, or municipality. Arrival posts may be established 
above and below the lock. Craft arriving at or opposite such posts or 
markers will be considered as having

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arrived at the locks within the meaning of this paragraph.

[32 FR 9068, June 27, 1967, as amended at 48 FR 6707, Feb. 15, 1983]